Royal Castle in Warsaw - details and images
The Royal Castle in Warsaw (Polish: Zamek Królewski w Warszawie), that today serves as a Museum and is subordinated to the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, was the official residence of the Polish monarchs.
It is located in the Castle Square, at the entrance to the Warsaw Old Town. The personal offices of the king and the administrative offices of the Royal Court of Poland were located there from the 16th century until the Partitions of Poland. In its long history the Royal Castle was repeatedly devastated and plundered by Swedish, Brandenburgian, German, and Russian armies.
The Constitution of 3 May 1791, Europe's first modern codified national constitution, as well as the second-oldest national constitution in the world, was drafted here by the Four-Year Sejm.
In the 19th century, after the collapse of the November Uprising, it was used as an administrative center by the Tsar.
Between 1926 and World War II the palace was the seat of the Polish president, Ignacy Mościcki. After the devastation done by Nazis, during Warsaw Uprising, Castle was rebuilt and reconstructed.
In 1980, Royal Castle, together with the Old Town was registry in UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Today it is a historical and national monument, and is listed as a national museum.
Nowadays, the Castle has an imposing façade, built of brick, 90 m long and faces the Castle Square. At each end of the façade stands a square tower with a bulbous spire. The Sigismund's Tower is located in the centre of the main façade, flanked on both sides by the castle. According to some theories this immense tower (60 m high) is inspired by the towers of Smolensk, Russia.
The interior consists of many different rooms, all painstakingly restored with as much original exhibits as possible after the destruction of the Second World War.
• The Jagiellonian Rooms – hosts a number of portraits of the Jagiellon dynasty, royal dynasty originating in Lithuania (14th and 16th century)
• The Houses of Parliament - from 16th century onwards, Polish democracy started here.
• The Royal Apartments - In these apartments, king Stanisław August Poniatowski (17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798, the last King and Grand Duke of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) lived.
• Lanckoroński Collection – consists in 37 pictures donated by Countess Karolina Lanckorońska that includes among others two original Rembrandt paintings - The Father of the Jewish Bride and The Jewish Bride.
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